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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.115777074Brutal Storm (1985)http://www.otekisinema.com/brutal-storm-1985/
http://www.otekisinema.com/brutal-storm-1985/#respondFri, 30 Jan 2009 13:07:20 +0000http://www.turkishbadmovies.com/?p=207Brutal Storm is a 1985 film which is a remake of famous Spanish horror flick A Candle for the Devil. Because of i didn’t see the original movie i can’t tell you how successful remake it is. But I want to write this movie because it’s never touched, original story for Turkey. First of all …

]]>Brutal Storm is a 1985 film which is a remake of famous Spanish horror flick A Candle for the Devil. Because of i didn’t see the original movie i can’t tell you how successful remake it is. But I want to write this movie because it’s never touched, original story for Turkey.

First of all i want apologies to the makers of this movie and our readers if i give wrong informations. You know that Turkish b-side movies is very rare and difficult to find some informations or even good copies of movies.

Two sisters are owner of a little Gul (rose) Hotel in a summer place in Turkey’s south part. This little village is very crowded in Summer because of lovely seaside and hot summer nights. But specially our big sister is having problem with this tourist whores. They are spreading their illness to this great village as she think. And she starts to eliminate their guests with knife.

Because of they are very famous and well known family nobody understands what is really going on this hostel. But finally one of their guest doubts and try to find the truth.

Brutal Storm has numerous good gore scenes for it’s moment. It’s a scene to scene remake like Turkish Exorcist. Because of that i can not say how original is it. But in twitchfilm.net i saw a comment that says it’s better from original in all ways.

]]>http://www.otekisinema.com/brutal-storm-1985/feed/0207The Dead Don’t Talk (Oluler Konusmaz ki)http://www.otekisinema.com/the-dead-dont-talk/
http://www.otekisinema.com/the-dead-dont-talk/#respondThu, 11 Dec 2008 21:59:11 +0000http://www.turkishbadmovies.com/?p=185A gothic horror-thriller by Onar Films, filmed as black&white in 1970. The film was lost from the archieves of Onar Films, and a copy of the film was found in the archieves of Yeni Lale Film Studios by cine-researcher and historian Sadi Konuralp in the year 2000. The movie is directed by Yavuz Yalinkilic and …

]]>A gothic horror-thriller by Onar Films, filmed as black&white in 1970. The film was lost from the archieves of Onar Films, and a copy of the film was found in the archieves of Yeni Lale Film Studios by cine-researcher and historian Sadi Konuralp in the year 2000. The movie is directed by Yavuz Yalinkilic and the lead roles are performed by Aytekin Akkaya, Sema Yaprak, Kerem Mertoglu, Sirri Elitas and Jirayir Carkci.

A couple (Oya and Melih) standing by the road in a place (i know there is Princes’ Islands, Istanbul; most probably Buyukada) is taken by a pheatonman to Mr. Adem’s Mansion; as he says; there is no other place to stay, the deceased Mr. Adem bequeathed the Mansion to be a guesthouse. On the way, Oya continuously fidgets of uninhabited places, they pass and the pheatonman, saying “It’s the 15th day of the month, we must hurry” million times. The mansion is a beautiful wooden building with nice decks of a great wood handicraft, a typical Princes’ Islands architecture. So, a mansion in a lonely place, a weird looking servant, an evil ghost and the victims. Actually, this couple’s story supposed to be just the introduction of the main story with these elements. And normally, such introductions take only a few minutes to make the audience understand how the things go in the movie; but in The Dead Don’t Talk, it takes the half of the film with their purposeless story.

]]>http://www.otekisinema.com/the-dead-dont-talk/feed/0185Semumhttp://www.otekisinema.com/semum-2/
http://www.otekisinema.com/semum-2/#commentsSun, 30 Nov 2008 20:20:03 +0000http://www.turkishbadmovies.com/?p=169After I saw Hasan Karacadag’s thriller movie; D@bbe, i swore that i would never, ever get close to anything made by him. But my damned fantastic cinema fanaticism made me give Semum a try. I was very decisive to criticize free from bias, although I do not know how much I can get over prejudicing …

]]>After I saw Hasan Karacadag’s thriller movie; D@bbe, i swore that i would never, ever get close to anything made by him. But my damned fantastic cinema fanaticism made me give Semum a try. I was very decisive to criticize free from bias, although I do not know how much I can get over prejudicing when the subject is a film, directed by Hasan Karacadag. D@bbe has been the realized form of “High expectation = Great disappointment” for me; it’s a very bad copy of a Korean film; Kairo, and made me give up all my hope about the new Turkish fantastic thriller cinema. But I’m still hopeful thanks to Kucuk Kiyamet, which made by Taylan Biraderler, who also previously made a complete crap thriller, called Okul.

I started watching Semum in such a state of mind. And soon I said “alas!” when i see the generics with the X-men taste, thrusting “what is Semum?” “Semuuum!” explanations into the eye. But after these, there was no pathetic D@bbe crap on the screen; there was a film with a proper story (at least).

Canan and Volkan are a happy couple, enjoying a good marriage. They have got a house, with a lots of Ikea wares, just like in their dreams for the years. Everything looks perfect for them; until… One day, Canan (who may have no worry except being supposed to be a travesty because of the neuron in her voice) starts acting weird that making no sense for anybody; she loses her control, acts like she is under control of something. That makes Volkan so sad and he tries to find a way out of this situation. Also Canan’s friend Banu, a friend of Volkan, the nervous gardener and their next door neighbour, who is a suspect of murder are also very sad about Canan’s condition…etc. etc.
Semum’s story has a smooth fluency and is very consistent, although it’s a bit cumbersome. But if we consider the entire scenario, we find out that Semum is a punch drunk film. Somehow it influenced of Amityville Horror, Exorcist, Shining, Constantine, Rear Window, Skeleton Key, Pet Sematary, Pumpkinhead..etc.; but instead of seeming like one of these, it rather tries to mix all of them, and it’s broadly good at this collage. But I wish the director wasn’t tried to use all the clichés of the 70’s horror movies in one single movie, like a child in a toystore. Some of them don’t even fit at all, for example using the ominous number; “13” (first seen in Scandinavian mythology) doesn’t look fit for such a movie, fed by the oriental tales.

]]>http://www.otekisinema.com/semum-2/feed/216017When I Say Zerohttp://www.otekisinema.com/sifir-dedigimde-when-i-count-zero/
http://www.otekisinema.com/sifir-dedigimde-when-i-count-zero/#commentsThu, 13 Nov 2008 22:51:32 +0000http://www.otekisinema.com/eng/?p=91Out of the visible world, intersecting tales within their reality in another world: Hypnosis… To show our support, we tried to present you brand new Turkish films for a few times; but each time we fall into a complete hopelessness. Unfortunately, Turkish Thriller/Horror cinema doesn’t go any further than the breakout of Buyu (Magic). The …

]]>Out of the visible world, intersecting tales within their reality in another world: Hypnosis…

To show our support, we tried to present you brand new Turkish films for a few times; but each time we fall into a complete hopelessness. Unfortunately, Turkish Thriller/Horror cinema doesn’t go any further than the breakout of Buyu (Magic). The reasons are the same; bad performance, shaky fictions, blanks in the scenarios. But we watch every new film, without any prejudice for sure; and sometimes we come across impressive films such as Kucuk Kiyamet (Little Doom, 2006).

So, today’s guest is a psychological thriller; Sifir Dedigimde. First of all, it’s obvious that the film has no commercial concern. Gokhan Yorgancigil is the scenarist and the director. However there are relatively good actors; Oktay Kaynarca and Hazim Kormukcu in the cast, unfortunately they can’t get a sufficient support from the other performers. As you know, psychological thriller genre depends on the performance of the performers; so, Sifir Dedigimde loses the game just at the beginning.

The film’s brief on its website is as following;

A young girl misses a precious book, borrowed from her teacher. Because of she can’t remember where and how she missed the book, she falls on a depression and her best friend brings her to a psychiatrist. While the psychiatrist uses hypnosis to make her remember the things, she meets a stranger man in her hypnotic state. Mysterious events start to inch open a door with the appearance of a mysterious man in hypnotic state and an unexpected hot pursuit, started outside this state. Some mysterious persons and events which are forgotten by the influence of the traditional Turkish fairy tales and the crossings to the hypnosis world will be remembered again…

]]>We couldn’t decide how to begin to tell about this film, Musallat (Haunt) for long. Starting in a positive way or the opposite may mean to direct you into a wrong way. So we, as the fantastic & thriller fans decided to begin with a positive preface. But that doesn’t mean we’ll ignore the unripe fruits in the basket.

As a new production, the film has shown on the movie theatres and its DVD versions have been just released, here we briefly tell you about the film: Suat and Nurcan, who are in a great love with each other live a good life in a village, and the time for a good marriage is near. But when they decide to marry, a great evil haunts them; an evil being from a different world causes many strange, unexplainable affairs around them, and affects their entire life. So, neither their life nor their love is great anymore.

Musallat’s Producer is Mia-Dada Film, Director and Scenarist is Alper Mestci and the principal performers are Burak Ozcivit, Bigkem Karavus and Kurtulus Sakiragaoglu. However the film is not a brilliant example of recent Turkish fantastic films, but it’s still a cozy film. First of all, the film takes itself seriously and does the most possible to convey its own emotion; but it has some problems with style and the handling the scenario.

]]>Cinema Strikes Back’s David Austin recently had a chance to interview Bill Barounis, owner and founder of Onar Films in Greece, about his company’s releases so far, his history with Turkish cinema, the difficulty of salvaging these films, and what to expect from Onar in the future.

]]>http://www.otekisinema.com/interview-with-bill-barounis-president-of-onar-films/feed/016011Deathless Evil / Yilmayan Seytanhttp://www.otekisinema.com/deathless-devil-yilmayan-seytan/
http://www.otekisinema.com/deathless-devil-yilmayan-seytan/#respondSun, 08 Jun 2008 17:10:03 +0000http://www.otekisinema.com/eng/?p=15Yılmaz Atadeniz's "Deathless Evil" (Yilmayan Seytan, 1973) is not well known in its homeland. But the film has been published by an American company, Mondo Macabro as DVD.

]]>Yılmaz Atadeniz’s Deathless Evil (Yilmayan Seytan, 1973) is not well known in its homeland. But the film has been published by an American company, Mondo Macabro as DVD. This DVD also includes Tarkan vs. Vikings (Tarkan Viking Kani, 1971). But we don’t know why Yilmaz Atadeniz’s name is mentioned as Robert Gordon, and lead actor Kunt Tulgar’s as Kunt Brix on this DVD.

One day, a warlike young boy Tekin learns that his father is not his real father; and his real father was a superhero, called Bakirbas (Copperhead) and was killed by an evil guy, called Dr. Satan. As soon as Tekin learns this truth, the revenge becomes the reason of his existence. He collects his father’s superhero stuffs (a mask and a plastic snake… most useful equipments, a superhero can get) and starts working on revenge plans. At that time, his opponent, Dr Satan is very busy with his evil plans. He plans to steal an invention of a professor, what is made of a very rare material, Tangayt, (and also having flashy lights) and to equip this device on his robots and seize the planet. But Tekin the Copperhead will definitely not allow him.

Once, the Turkish cinema as a whole was practically considered an “unknown” territory, only accessible to some specialized scholars or film historians. Then starting from the 80’s and thanks, mainly, to the works of director, screenwriter and actor Yılmaz Güney it gained world wide recognition and started participating in international film festivals collecting awards and recognitions. actually the Turkish cinema has gained a place in its own right among Europe’s national cinemas expanding it’s boundaries and getting attention through the works and arcievements of a brand new generation of talented cinematographers. Still there are a lot of things to be discovered in its 93 years old history (1914-2007).

The aim of this web site is present and investigate the “FANTASTIC TURKISH CİNEMA” under the title MASKE & YUMRUK (MASK & FIST) in its various aspects and examine its “genres” ranging from the Fairy Tale to Science Fiction, from Epic Fantasies to Weird Action films, from Super Heroes to Turkish Crazy Westerns. It must be underlined in its own right or researched on an historical basis. Obviously most of the films considered in this context are not “arthouse” films, the majority of them pertains to “B” movie category or double-bills. Nevertheless they remain a part of the industry and exist as surprising manifestations of “popular cinema” at its best or at its worst. Some of the feature films mentioned are actually available abroad, both in Europe and the United States on video casettes, some are already familiar to “B” movie buffs in fact from time to have been reviewed in video magazines or fanzines but the majority is yet to be discovered. Thus the aim of this web site (like Fantastic Turkish Cinema book by Giovanni Scognamillo and Metin Demirhan) is to lead the way for such a discovery and to recreate a world almost forgotten.

Metin Demirhan : This name is big master of Turkish fantastic cinema reviews, He was a friendly and lovely person for me and he was bring the courage for writing to me. But we lost himself past November… This article written by himself and presented for remember lovely memory

Turkey’s important Cult, Fantastic, Action and Adventure Films director Yılmaz Atadeniz(R. Yılmaz Atadeniz) was born in Arnavutköy, İstanbul in February the 1st -1932. His family roots from Vezirköprü, Samsun. He studied Bebek primary school, Gaziosmanpaşa secondary school and Kabataş high school‘s Physics class in Istanbul. He started to study engineering in Robert College, he left the school and start to Cinema and movie business. He is the little brother of famous director and editor Orhan Atadeniz (director of Tarzan İstanbul’da-1952). Then, young Yılmaz Atadenizstarted to work with his brother in film business like an editor assistant. But after early dying of his brother Orhan Atadeniz, he decided to became a director like his brother. First, he known like an editor, after some years, he has became an assistant director of well known directors like Faruk Kenç, Atıf Yılmaz, Nejat Saydam, Sırrı Gültekin…His first film, directed by himself is Yüz Karası (The Disgraceful-1963). In this movie played actress like Muhterem Nur and actors like Turgut Özatay, Feridun Çölgeçen.

Atadeniz has shot 98 films like a director (in some of them, also a producer) to the date. He made movies like SerialFilms of 30’s and 40’s, or Fantastic Action and Adventure films of 60’s and 70’s. He is the most busy director who made movies with world famous actor Yılmaz Güney. He shot 13 movies with him. All of them are action and adventure films like; Çirkin Kral (The Ugly King-1966), Çirkin Kral Affetmez (The Ugly King don’t Forgive-1967), Güney Ölüm Saçıyor (Güney is Spreading Death-1969). After his shoot two Çirkin Kral (The Ugly King) films, The Ugly King has become Yılmaz Güney‘s nickname. Yılmaz Atadeniz is also one of the masters of world famous cult director Çetin İnanç (The Man Who Saves the World-1982) and Aykut Düz who is a director and actor in Turkish Action and Adventure films.